Ernest Hemingway, a Legacy for American Literature

Ernest Hemingway, A legacy for American LiteratureSome say that Hemingway's personal life should disqualify him from the literature canon. They state that his torrent affairs, his alcoholism, and his mental state should preclude him from entry into the canon. These are the very things that help to make Hemingway a unique writer. Although his genre is fiction, he relies on his real life experiences with the people and places that he visited. The very definition of the literary canon disputes these critics. "The authors that represent the literary canon are those that are widely assigned in high school and college classrooms and have had a great influence on other authors. Literary critics and historians frequently and fully discuss them. The works by these authors are most likely to be included in anthologies and studied as World Masterpieces, Major English Authors, or Great American Writers." (Goodvin) Hemingway's influences on other writers and his worldwide acclaim, along with his distinctive style have earned him a spot in the American Literature canon. Ernest Hemingway was once one of the most prominent people on the earth. Numerous countries respect Hemingway and his writing style. His creative writing details the lives and life's lessons of people such as bullfighters, anglers, and soldiers. His portrayal of these men of courage who were seemingly indifferent to joy, grief, pleasure, and pain won him acclaim from critics all over the world. "His legendary writing style, influenced by Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein," (American Authors) is direct, to the point, and spoken in an even tone. This style is suited to his main subject matter. His straightforward no frills writing style became so well known that many others frequently copied it. Some literary critics consider Hemingway, as "the father of The Lost Generation, a subcategory, of the American Modernist Period in literature." (Goodvin) Hemingway's literary legacy is his off hand, direct story...

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...English ­ Written Assignment ­ 2
ErnestHemingway and the Indian Camp ­ By Kristian Løth Munkholm
His name was Ernest Miller Hemingway, and he was born on July 21. in
1899. Ernest grew up in a Chicago suburb, more specifically in Oak Park,
Illinois. His family was well respected, somewhat because of his parents
being well educated.
The mother of Ernest was named Grace Hall­Hemingway, and she was an
experienced musician. Grace frequently performed at local concerts in Oak
Park, with extraordinary passion and energy. Hemingway's father, named
Clarence Edmonds Hemingway, was a well educated physician who
worked in their home town of Oak Park.
As a young boy, Ernest’s parents bought a summer home at Walloon Lake
in Michigan. The lakeside summer house, named Windmere, was a place of
joy. When Ernest was four years old, his father teached him to hunt, fish
and camp in the woods.
A day in the early 1918, Ernest responded to a World War One military
draft from the red cross of Kansas City. He was chosen to drive an
ambulance in the northern Italy, and by that he met what was going to be one of his best friends ever, John
Dos Passos. The first time Ernest ...

...Introduction
ErnestHemingway is a well-known American writer in the twentieth century. His works have unique characteristics both in theme and writing style. Some critics think that his works are based on his own experiences and the time when he lived. Actually, Hemingway’s life was full of romance. He experienced many wars in his life. Because his works reflect the hurt that the war brings to human being and describe the loss of the beliefs of the generation after the World War I, he is regarded as the spokesman of the Lost Generation.
Hemingway’s short story A Clean and Well-Lighted Place was written in his early time, and is one of classical works of Hemingway’s style as well. In this short story, he mostly used short and simple sentences. The theme of nothingness is a controversial and popular topic in modern literature. In order to understand the novel and the author’s minds, this thesis makes an analysis of the novel from different angles, including the general biography of Hemingway, the writing background of the novel, the characters in the novel, the writing style of the short story, and the theme of nada.
In the past, some people thought Hemingway’s minds were pessimistic, and A Clean and Well-Lighted Place was a classic novel of nihilism. In the author’s opinion, A Clean and Well-Lighted Place makes the readers to ponder over the meaning of life and is worthy of reading and studying....

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Research Paper
Section I: The Author
“Ernest Miller Hemingway, was born in July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, there he started his career as a writer in a newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen. After the United States entered the First World War, he joined a volunteer ambulance unit in the Italian army. Serving at the front, he was wounded, was decorated by the Italian Government, and spent considerable time in hospitals. After his return to the United States, he became a reporter for Canadian and American newspapers and was soon sent back to Europe to cover such events as the Greek Revolution. During the twenties, Hemingway became a member of the group of expatriate Americans in Paris, which he described in his first important work, The Sun Also Rises (1926). Equally successful was A Farewell to Arms (1929), the study of an American ambulance officer's disillusionment in the war and his role as a deserter. Hemingway used his experiences as a reporter during the civil war in Spain as the background for his most ambitious novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940). Among his later works, the most outstanding is the short novel, The Old Man and the Sea (1952), the story of an old fisherman's journey, his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, and his victory in defeat. Hemingway - himself a great sportsman - liked to portray...

...ErnestHemingway
The most influential writer of his time, ErnestHemingway was considered one of the prominent figures of the Lost Generation literary movement. His background and journalism contributed to his unique style of writing from which he became known for. Hemingway’s life experiences became his source for all that he wrote about. His passion for nature, and his adventurous personality are reflected on his unique works. Hemingway had a particular way of looking at life and his childhood experiences, including his escapes, enriched his creativity which later inspire him to pursue a career as a writer. He began as a successful athlete who then turned into a journalist, and finally discovered his love for writing stories. The most interesting facts about Hemingway come from his personal experiences with love, war, and his traveling around the world which allowed him to encountered and experience different cultures.
To begin with, as previously mentioned, Ernest Hemingway’s works are all influenced and based of his personal experience, therefore, signifying that his life must have been just as interesting, if not more than his actual works. The Encyclopedia, Issues and Controversies relate his life. Born on July 21, 1899, in suburban Oak Park, Illinois. ErnestHemingway was raised to a christian family and son to Grace and Dr. Clarence...

...The American writer ErnestHemingway - is one of those writers whose work contributed to the development and deepening of realism in literature of the XX century. Hemingway was a recognized author in his lifetime, both critics and the readers, and that means his works have been relevant in his time and for his reader. His life was not very long, but surprisingly rich and full of dramatic events and the deepest feelings. Indeed, it was the two world wars, the Spanish Civil War, he was hunting in the Atlantic Ocean and in Africa, admired the Spanish bullfight and was its biggest connoisseur. He was a great boxer, sailor, swimmer, a sniper, a mountain climber. He understood people and nature. He was honest, courageous and uncompromising. He worked to exhaustion. Hemingway wrote reports, essays, articles, short stories, poems and novels. He was the real creator - a talented, unique, crossed the boundaries of time.
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...As acknowledged by the Nobel Peace Prize Organization: “Hemingway - himself a great sportsman - liked to portray soldiers, hunters, bullfighters - tough, at times primitive people whose courage and honesty are set against the brutal ways of modern society, and who in this confrontation lose hope and faith.” His life began on July 21, 1899, and tragically ended on July 2, 1961. He began writing as a youth and continued until the day he died. ErnestHemingway is still today considered to be one of the world’s greatest authors who mirrored his writing style with the way he lived his life.
Ernest grew up in his grandfather’s home in Oak Park Illinois. Ernest’s father was a doctor. His sister was the closest to him in the family, They were even dressed like twins while growing up. Believe it or not, Ernest even took her to his prom. While in high school, Ernest was only 5’4 so he was too small to play football. Instead of playing sports, Ernest took college prep classes and played the cello. Around the age of 16, Ernest finally started to grow some, and began boxing. Ernest loved being outdoors and doing outdoor chores. He spent his summers at the Hemmingway’s cottage in Michigan. While in high school, all of Ernest’s teachers praised his writing. When Ernest graduated from high school he accepted a job at the Kansas City Star...

...﻿Pius Wachara
English 244
African AmericanLiterature
TH- 1:00-2:45 p.m.
Professor: Linda Johnson-Burgess
Spring 2011
It is evident today that the black man and woman alike have achieved what seemed an impossible feat; a pipe dream just about one hundred and fifty years ago during the Reconstruction Period. Today for example, the black man can speak on the national television, own his own business, attend a predominantly white school and even publicly voice his displeasure without getting persecuted. To sum it up, the kind of beastly racism that involved lynching, public vitriol, and aggression against blacks has drastically changed into a more covert one.
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